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Communication: FOURTH PERIOD

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The quality of a OUT parameter status field has several different classifications. Which of the classifications below can be described as the value may be useful, but of diminished quality?
Which of the terms below is best described as "losses resulting from defects from the manufacture of the cable"?
All the wired network components interact with ISO layers. Which of the answers below reflects the ISO layers that the router interacts with?
Modbus has standard command codes to allow the master to access information from it's slaves. Which of the commands below would be used to read the input status of coils on a slave device ?
In Modbus, data is read, and written in various memory ranges. Which of the answers below best represents the data type that a input status would use?
Communication technology is generally specific to a type of area network. Which of the area networks below would IDSN and DSL be used primarily?
Each network layer for a DCS has it's own specialized equipment or software. Which of the layers below would make use of a HART protocol?
Which of the answers below is best represented by the number "7" on a typical H1 segment?
A modern DCS needs to be able to respond to growing demands. Which of the terms below is best defined as the measure of a system's ability to increase or decrease in performance and cost in response to changes in application and system processing demands.
Model based network devices are at the user level of Ethernet/IP. Information of a capabilities or features of a specified device would be contained in which of the text files below?
There are many options to choose from for alarm states. Which of the following alarm states can be best described as when the normal specifications of the process are not being broken?
Modbus has standard command codes to allow the master to access information from it's slaves. Which of the commands below would be used to write the contents of two output holding registers # 40002 & 40003 to the slave device
The heart of a DCS is considered the PLC and it's five main programming languages. Which of the programming languages would be described as mimicking the components of the hardware of an analog control in self-contained blocks of code?
In a typical GUI, values take one of four generic indicators. Which of the indicators below would best represent the image below?
In IPv4, there are a range of protocols that can be used at any one time. Which of the protocols below would be best suited for sensitive data transmission?
RS-232 to USB is the best example of which of the following converters?
Digital signals are, either specific or transitory, voltage levels represent states of logic. Which of the signal encoding methods below uses voltage levels to represent logic states?
Which of the answers below best describes the effect that an extremely steep angle pitch has on light propagation in a fiber optic cable?
The OSI model describes how a network should be arranged. Which of the layers below concern network topologies the most?
Which of the topology connections is the most typical for a HART communication device?
There are numerous threats to the security of a DCS. Which of the security measures below requires a login to a user account?
The industrial network topologies you are required to use is defined by the OSI network model. Which of the common topologies below is likely described as a network with a single central connection point?
A defined area of geographical coverage is commonly called an area network. Which of the area networks below is used for schools, small localized businesses, and shopping malls?
There are commonly two configurations a programmer would use for workstations. Which of the answers below would best be described as a workstation that has the majority of the data processing done by the server?
There are many options to choose from for alarm types. Which of the following alarm states can be best described as when the appropriate action is taken, the alarm does not return to normal?